Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)

The Railway Exchange Building is a 277-foot (84.4 m), 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri connected to the now-defunct One City Center mall. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. It was also home to the Famous-Barr flagship store, and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores for many years, until the brand was bought by Macy's, resulting in its conversion to a Macy's in 2006.[1] The building was the tallest building in St. Louis when it opened,[2][3] and is the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of space. Macy's decided to sell the building in 2008.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Railway Exchange Building". Built St. Louis. http://www.builtstlouis.net/opos/railwayexchange.html. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 
  2. ^ "Railway Exchange Building". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=127169&lng=3. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
  3. ^ "Railway Exchange Building". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=12834. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
  4. ^ Brown, Lisa R. (28 October 2009). "Bruce, Yackey seek TIF for Macy’s overhaul". St. Louis Business Journal. http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/10/26/daily39.html. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 

Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)

Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Laclede Gas Building (122 m) (1969) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)